<p>I’m glad you found it helpful - and that your interview went well. 
It is indeed a bit weird that he met with your parents - I haven’t heard of this before - but I guess it’s part of an understandable attempt to get a better picture of you.</p>
<p>Mind if I ask to write what sort of questions he asked you [whether or not I wrote them in the OP]? It’d be helpful should anyone else want to look through the thread and gather more info.</p>
<p>Sure, let’s see.</p>
<p>How did you learn about MIT/How did you learn you wanted to apply here?
(Mine was through a friend, as well as their HSSP and Splash programs)</p>
<p>He did ask me about AP scores and which AP classes and non-AP classes I was taking in school.</p>
<p>Who is your role model aside from your parents? (I did my chem teacher)</p>
<p>What are your interests?</p>
<p>Who is [tmanneopen]?</p>
<p>Do you have any questions for me about MIT?</p>
<p>What is one of your failures in life?</p>
<p>Why do you want to go to MIT?</p>
<p>Asked about extracurriculars and such</p>
<p>That’s about it from what I can remember. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Also, he didn’t ask certain questions, but I used some of the ones you wrote in the OP to help show why I am a good fit for MIT, such as the creative one, and the time I worked together with people as a team.</p>
<p>Got mine in a week.</p>
<p>i called my EC for the first time, but nobody picked up so i left a message. how long should i wait until calling back? (applying EA)</p>
<p>I have mine in 14 days…kind anxious…</p>
<p>Thank you your posts were great!Thank you again :)</p>
<p>My son is on his way to his MIT interview about an hour away. I’m more worried about his finding a parking space than I am about the interview itself! Major art fair going on in the area where he will have the interview. Could be street closings, detours, etc., that the GPS won’t recognize. Good practice for finding his way around Boston/Cambridge on the subway, I guess!</p>
<p>Good luck to your son! I am sure he will be great! :)</p>
<p>My interview is tomorrow!</p>
<p>Good luck NewAccount! Just be sure to be yourself and be excited! This is your chance to show them who you are, so no worries and have fun :D</p>
<p>Another forum I post on has buttons at the bottom of every post, so you can click “agree”, “disagree”, “interesting”, “funny”, or “love” on an individual post. If I were there, I would click the “love” button on your post for best wishes and hugs on your interview. :)</p>
<p>Our son had a great time at his interview despite having to park many blocks away due to the art fair–and losing a hubcap when he hit a pothole on the interstate on the way home!</p>
<p>He said he thought the interview allowed him to talk about his experience being the only math- and science-oriented student in a large public high school. The interviewer also gave him some tips on things to include in his essays based on their conversation. (The essays are in their final draft–being reviewed by the IB Language Arts teacher.)</p>
<p>She also told him something that I think Mollie and Chris have discussed before. Sure, MIT recruits the top 100 or so performers in inter/national math and science competitions. But it also looks for a class of students who have shown the initiative to make the most of the high school and community experience where they live. So, if your school hasn’t a clue what all those alphabet-soup contests are, you still have a chance to show MIT that you have the love of learning.</p>
<p>Whether he is accepted or not, everything about his MIT experience from the mailings to the on-campus visit to the application and the interview have been positive and creative.</p>
<p>Good luck New Account!!Just be yourself and relax!
You will be great!!!
Enjoy it!!
Good luck and my best wishes! :D</p>
<p>My interview was absolutely AMAZING! </p>
<p>I have never received so much praise from an individual before. My EC assured me that his report to MIT will help me a lot. </p>
<p>It really was perfect.</p>
<p>You guys have no idea how happy it makes me that so many interviews are going this well :)</p>
<p>I’d really really appreciate it if you guys could just give some info/notes about how your interview went. What your EC advised you to do, how they saw you, what they noted, asked, what you think they liked most about you… etc. Just a general look at your interview and if/how it affected you in any way 
I want everyone to get the most [as much as they can] out of this thread.</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>I just got back from my MIT Interview, and thought it went really well. My EC was impressed I’d visited MIT (I live in Oregon), and said I should include that in my application if possible. She was very encouraging and shared a lot about her experiences at MIT and how it set her up for what she’s doing now. Other than just talking about myself, my family, school, activities, and why I wanted to go to MIT, she asked about my favorite book and movie, but nothing too obscure. Overall, it was a great experience!</p>
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<p>Hurr, from my understanding, MIT doesn’t take visits into account at all. There’s no need to - and that would stress families who are financially struggling.</p>
<p>I don’t think she meant that I would have any advantage since I had visited, but just meant that it might be nice if I added it in.</p>
<p>@New Account that’s great news!!Good luck with the whole application…:D</p>
<p>Mine is in 6 days I am very relax actually! Weird isn’t it?:D</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you with your interviews.:D</p>
<p>Can you write some of the questions for the rest of us?If u can of course :)</p>
<p>I just had my interview like four days ago. </p>
<p>I’m honestly not sure if it went well or not. My EC started off by talking about how she chose MIT, what she learned there, what has stuck with her, and her current job. After that, she asked me, “Tell me about yourself.” That was the only direct question she asked the whole night!</p>
<p>I was caught off guard because I was expecting her to ask me like 10 specific questions. I began by telling her about my childhood…you know…my parents, the culture I grew up in, struggles in childhood, etc. I proceeded on to mentioning how I spend my free time in unconventional ways. I then talked about what I’ve learned from playing piano, violin, and tennis. After that, I progressed to talking about the various obsessions I’ve had in life, such as airplanes, cars, and Kelly Clarkson, which led to my talking about my most recent obsession in life (heart disease and child obesity), which is more of a passion, not obsession. It kind of relates to my extracurriculars (which I know I should avoid), and I talked about how my passion for it developed, why I love it so much, the struggles I’ve encountered with starting my club, the lessons I’ve learned, what I want to do with my passion, and how it has influenced my career. I then tied that into why I thought MIT would help me continue my passion and reach my career goals. </p>
<p>This all took an hour-and-a-half, and besides from comments she had to say about certain things and the dialogue we had about MIT itself, she didn’t ask any other question the entire interview besides “tell me about yourself.” </p>
<p>I’m a bit worried that I took way too long, and I’m not sure if her lack of questions the entire night was a bad sign. </p>
<p>Any comments/advice to console me? =)</p>
<p>So i know that the interviewer writes something that contributes to the admissions process, but what exactly do they write? is it just like another letter of recommendation, is it like a check box, is it a rating scale? just curious…</p>